5868 Ohta

Summary

5868 Ohta is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5868 Ohta is credited with the discovery of Kin Endate^[3].
• 5868 Ohta is credited with the discovery of Kazurō Watanabe^[4].
• 5868 Ohta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 5868 Ohta's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitami Observatory^[6].
• 5868 Ohta's follows is recorded as (5867) 1988 RE^[7].
• 5868 Ohta's followed by is recorded as 5869 Tanith^[8].
• 5868 Ohta's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5868 Ohta's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5868 Ohta's provisional designation is recorded as 1962 XT1^[11].
• 5868 Ohta's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 XR2^[12].
• 5868 Ohta's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 TQ^[13].
• 5868 Ohta's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-10-13T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 5868 Ohta's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7twj^[15].
• 5868 Ohta's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005868^[16].
• 5868 Ohta's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 5868 Ohta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.20'}^[18].
• 5868 Ohta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2014554'}^[19].
• 5868 Ohta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2030546798611282'}^[20].
• 5868 Ohta's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[21].
• 5868 Ohta's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.32'}^[22].
• 5868 Ohta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.13016'}^[23].
• 5868 Ohta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.131826269145343'}^[24].
• 5868 Ohta's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.39'}^[25].
• 5868 Ohta's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1600.255149341355'}^[26].
• 5868 Ohta's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+12.631'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5868 Ohta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

5868 Ohta ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]